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Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Say hello to the BEST Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies ever!

Do you have a can of pumpkin in your kitchen right now? Please, tell me you do! Because you’ll need it to make these vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. And trust me, you’re definitely going to want to make these beauties ASAP.

Because let’s be real: can you think of any better way to spend a chilly Fall afternoon than baking and then devouring these? ↓

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Tips and Tricks for Recipe Success:

First of all, let’s talk about texture! These cookies are crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Because they come out of the oven VERY soft, it’s crucial to cool these cookies on the baking sheet for at least 30 minutes before serving, but if you can, I suggest letting them cool a full hour! The longer they sit, the firmer and chewier and they get. The silver lining is that these cookies taste even better with time!

So now that we’ve covered texture, let’s move onto flavor. Because these vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies have a lot of it! In addition to real pumpkin puree (be sure not to grab pumpkin pie mix by accident!), these cookies are flavored with brown sugar, vanilla, molasses, and pumpkin spice. Yum ♥

These cookies don’t spread out too much while they bake, so be sure to scoop the dough into mounds, then lightly press down the top of the mound before baking.

I make VERY large cookies with this recipe, and usually get about 1 dozen. However you can make smaller cookies, just be sure to decrease the bake time a minute or two.

For extra pretty – and extra chocolatey – cookies, press a few chocolate chips on top of them right when they come out of the oven. You can also add a sprinkle of flaky sea salt!

If you don’t like coconut flavor,you should use refined coconut oil, which does not have a coconut taste or scent. If you don’t have coconut milk, almond milk or soy milk will work fine!

Finally, be sure not to over bake your cookies! As I mentioned earlier, they will be very soft when you remove them from the oven, but they firm up a lot while they cool.

These are hands down the tastiest pumpkin chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever eaten! Not cakey, plenty of pumpkin flavor, and soooooo many chocolate chips… I mean, what’s not to love? The fact that they’re vegan is really just the icing on the cake 😉

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees (F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer, beat the coconut oil, both sugars, and vanilla on medium-speed until smooth; about 2 minutes. Add in the molasses, coconut milk and pumpkin puree and beat on low speed until well combined. Turn mixer off.

In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice; whisk well to combine.

Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and, with the mixer on low speed, beat until ingredients are combined. The batter will be very thick! Fold in 1 and 1/4 cups of the chocolate chips.

Scoop three tablespoon sized mounds of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet, leaving a few inches between each cookie. Bake for 9 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are golden and the centers are soft but set. Press remaining chocolate chips on top of warm cookies, and sprinkle with sea salt, if using. Cool cookies on the baking sheet for 30 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.

Hi Anna! You can definitely make the dough and keep it in the fridge for up to 2 days. But you’ll need to bring it to a scoopable temperature before baking them. I haven’t had luck freezing this dough, but the cookies stay delicious for up to 3 days after being baked… not that they usually last that long 😉

I used honey and the cookies turned out amazing! I think syrup/agave would maybe affect the integrity of the cookies because the consistency of those two are runnier than honey or molasses, but I’m really not an expert!

I was so excited to make these with my daughter, as we love trying new vegan recipes! They look so delicious and soft and chewy 🙂 Sadly, the ingredients are not 100% vegan, and that is a lot of sugar! The granulated and brown sugars are not vegan because granulated sugars (which is also what most brown sugars are made of) are processed using bone char, I know it’s gross and weird right? Ugh, well anyway, I wanted you to know. But Ill try to adapt a recipe from this one you have 🙂 Thank you!

Fabulous! I had leftover pumpkin from our oatmeal oven pancake. Thank you so much for warning us about how soft they come out. I resisted the urge to leave them in longer–so glad I did. These are so yummy.
I added some dried cranberries for a bit of tang. They’re perfect for our school’s fall bake sale.

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